Drum.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

A. D. CONVERSE. DRUM.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 11,1908.

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ATHERTON DARLING CONVERSE, OF WINOHENDON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DRUM.

Application filed January 11, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ATI-IERTON DARLING CONVERSE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of l/Vinchend on, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Drums, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a construction of a metal hoop for drums that when applied to the body thereof will be offset from its outer face, and which will be very simple and economic in construction, the hoop being particularly adapted for use upon toy drums having metal heads.

' A furtherpurpose of the invention is to so construct toy drums that the heads are integral with the improved hoops, and the hoops and heads are independent of the body of the drum.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved drum; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same, taken practically on the line 22 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a section through an end ortion of the drum, showing the body exten ing to the upper portion of the hoop.

A represents the body of the drum, which may be of wood or metal, preferably the latter, and B represents the improved hoops. Each hoop B is constructed of an inner section I) and an outer section b, spaced one from the other. The inner section b of a hoop is rovided at its outer edge with an outward y and downwardly curved flange 11, and at its inner edge the said section b of the hoop is made integral with the head 12, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. The outer section b of a hoop consists of a body member 13 that is of less width than the corresponding portion 10 of the inner section b. The outer section b of the hoop has its outer edge bent over and seamed upon the curved outer edge portion llof the inner section b to provide a ange 14, the curvature of the flanges of the two sections of the hoop being in opposite Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Serial No. 410,364.

directions, and the inner edge of the outer section I) of the hoop is curved inwardly toward the center of the drum and outwardly from the end of the drum in engagement with the inner portion of the member 10 of the inner section b to provide a flange 15, as is also distinctly shown in Fig. 2.

In assembling the parts of the drum the head and the body portions of the inner sections 1) of the hoops are made to enter the space within the body A, a predetermined distance oruntil the edges of the body A engage with the flanges 11 at the inner edges of the hoops. These parts are held together by means of a cord 17 that is laced through openings 16 produced in the hoops at suitable distances apart, the lacing being in the ordinary way, and the said cords have their ends connected in any approved manner.

The construction above described is a modification of the construction shown and described in an application filed concurrently herewith.

In Fig. 3, I have illustrated the body of the drum as extending to the upper flanges of the hoop, -and in many instances this con struction is to be preferred.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In drums, a body, metal hoops fitted to the body and extending beyond its outer face, and heads having integral portions forming a part of the hoops.

2. In drums, the combination with the body, of metal hoops offset from its outer face, the inner portlon of the hoops extending within the body, and heads integral with the inner portions of the hoops.

3. In drums, the combination with the body, of metal hoops independent of the body, and comprising inner and outer spaced and connected sections, the inner section of each hoop being of greater depth than the outer section, and a head at the inner edge of each inner section of the hoops.

4. In drums, the combination with the body, of metal hoops, each comprising an inner and outer spaced and connected section, the inner sections being deeper than the outer ones, the inner edges of the inner sections being made to enter the said body, and the corresponding portions of the outer sections being adapted to rest upon said body, a head integral with the inner edge portion of the inner section of each hoop, and means for holding the hoops in place upon the body.

5. The combination of an inner and outer hoop member of sheet material spaced apart intermediate their width and connected together at their outer edges, and a sounding head integral with the inner hoop member.

6. The combination of a hollow metal goop, and a sounding head integral with the 7. The combination of a sheet metal hoop comprising an inner and outer member spaced apart and connected together, and a sounding head integral with one of said members.

8. The combination of a sheet metal hoop consisting of an inner member and an outer member s aced a art and connected together, a rum b0 y arranged between said 20 members, and a drum head formed integrally with the inner member of the hoop.

9. The combination of a hollow drum hoop of stiff sheet material, a drum head, and a drum body, one of which is formed integral 25 with the hoop.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

A'IHERTON DARLING CONVERSE.

Witnesses:

ELLIOT S. TUCKER, FRED O. HANsooM. 

